Type-writer carriage.



PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

B. T. BRUCE. TYPE WRITER CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILI ll) FEB. 23, 1904'.

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No. 779,408. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905. B. T. BRUCE.

TYPE WRITER CARRIAGE. APPLICATION IILED FEB. 23. 1904.

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WITNESSES: !NVENTOR M fl k/@21 BY ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BRAINARD TAYLOR BRUCE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO UN DERWOOD TYPEWVRITER COMPANY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITER CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,408, dated January 10, 1905.

Application filed February 23, 1904. Serial No. 194,669.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRAINARD TAYLOR BRUCE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Providence, Providence county,

Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-WVriter Oarriages, of which the following is a specification.

7 My invention relates to carriages for type- IO writers and like machines, and has for its object to provide improved means for holding and feeding a plurality of writing-surfaces for the purpose, as an instance, of enabling a series of originals to be produced successively 5 on separate sheets of paper ,while duplicates thereof are made at the same time on a continuous sheet or strip.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view, with parts broken away, of so much of a type-writer carriage as 5 is required to illustrate my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional elevations on lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1; and Fig; 4 is a rear view of the rear paper-shelf.

A designates the frame carrying the platen 3 B. These parts may be constructed in any approved manner, as may also the feed-rollers O, which cooperate with the platen B to bring the paper forward.

In the rear of the platen (in case of a frontstrike machine) are located two paper-shelves E E, converging toward the platen and terminating about tangentially thereto. One of these shelves, or both, may be provided with guide-fingers conforming. to the curva- 4 ture of the platen and lying close thereto. In the construction illustrated the fingers E of the front shelf E are located at the ends and the fingers E of the rear shelf at the center, with sufiicient space between adjacent fingers to accommodate the feed-rollers O. Other means, however, may be provided for properly guiding the paper around the platen B.

For feeding the paper or writing surface I which passes between the shelves EE, I

to the printing position.

provide a separate feed device, (independent of 5 the rollers O.) This auxiliary device,as shown, may consist of a series of rubber rollers F,

secured to or journaled upon an axle or shaft .F, which is carried by brackets E" on the rear shelf E. These rollers F are located mainly in the rear of said shelf, but project through openings E" therein, so that the said rollers are about flush with the supporting-surface of the shelf E or slightly in advance thereof. Between the two shelves and immediately adjacent to the rollers F is located another set of rollers, F secured upon a shaft F which is journaled in stationary plates or brackets G. The front shelf E may also be secured to these brackets, preferably in such a manner as to 5 be removable readily. A handle or knob F is provided at the end of the shaftF to enable it to be turned.

In the use of my invention a long strip of paper with a strip of copying-paper under it 7 0 is fed between the platen Band the front shelf E. A sheet of letter-paper or the like is then inserted between the rollers F and F and by turning the handle F the sheet of paper is fed downward until it is within the reach of the platen B and the ordinary feed-rollers C. By then turning the platen both the sheet of paper and the strip will be fed simultaneously After the sheet of paper has been written upon and removed from the machine the next sheet is inserted and fed to the proper position by the rollers F and F while the strip remains stationary until the platen is turned to feed both the sheet and the strip. Thus there will be pre- 5 served on the strip a continuous record or copy of all matters written upon the separate sheets of paper. If desired, the front shelf E may be removed and then the machine can be used in the customary manner with or 9 without the auxiliary feed rollers F The provision of the feed-rollers O is not absolutely essential. I have illustrated them because this is-the usual construction.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a type-writer or like machine, aplaten and a plurality of paper-shelves located adjacent thereto and provided with fingers conforming to the curvature of the platen, the fingers of all of the shelves lying in the same cylindrical surface.

2. In a type-writer or like machine, a platen and a plurality of paper-shelves located adjacent thereto and each provided with lingers extended partly around the platen at different points thereof, the lingers of all of the shelves lying in the same cylindrical surface.

3. In a type-writer or like machine, a platen, a plurality of paper-shelves leading thereto, and a paper-feed device located between said shelves.

4. Ina type-Writer or like machine, a platen, a plurality of paper-shelves leading thereto, and a paper-feed device, independent of the platen, for feeding the paper between said shelves.

5. In a type-writer or like machine, a platen, a plurality of paper-shelves leading thereto, a set of feed-rollers projecting through one of said shelves, and another set of feed-rollers arranged between the shelves and cooperating with the first-named set of rollers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BRAINARD TAYLOR BRUCE.

Witnesses:

HARRY S. MoCoRMAoK, TERENCE M. OREILLY. 

